Usain Bolt's 100-metre world record could come under serious threat later this year - though any new record won't count in the official record books.

Usain Bolt’s 100m world record of 9.58 seconds, which was set in 2009 at the World Championships in Berlin, still stands as the fastest sprint in history. Despite advancements in track surfaces, ...

Oblique Seville stormed out of the shadow of Kishane Thompson and Noah Lyles to the 100 metres world title on Sunday under the eyes of fellow-Jamaican legend Usain Bolt. Seville became the first ...

Noah Lyles has the speed to back up his confidence. The American sprinter had all but guaranteed victory in the lead up to the world championships, saying he was aiming to win in record-breaking ...

With Usain Bolt looking down from inside Japan’s National Stadium like a benevolent king, the baton of Jamaican men’s sprinting was finally passed. Dominance of the event had shifted to the United ...

Jamaica’s Oblique Seville finally fulfilled his promise on Sunday, winning the men’s 100 metres title at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, timing 9.77 seconds. The 24-year-old edged out ...

Harry-Aikenes Aryeetey was born in Carshalton in 1988. After winning a silver medal in the 100m at the 2004 Commonwealth ...

Presumably, once you’ve won Olympic gold and broken your own world record, you get a little bored. At least, that’s the simplest explanation for Mondo Duplantis and Karsten Warholm racing each other ...